By now, you've heard the news that Twitter, under pressure from its shareholders, has accepted the deal to be bought out by Elon Musk. The immediate question was whether President Donald Trump would then return to Twitter, but Trump himself apparently says he has no intention of doing so. For the moment, Trump will remain with his own social-media platform, Truth Social (I hate that name, which sounds Stalinesque).
I have my doubts as to whether Truth Social will become anywhere near as big as Twitter, but I think staying away from the social-media colossus is the right course of action. The optics of crawling back to Twitter would be simply horrible; Trump is better off on his own, with his own uncancelable platform. Fuck Twitter.
As for me, I've been on Twitter, Gab, Parler, and Gettr. Every place I went felt toxic, Gab in particular. Twitter was, ironically, the place that gave me the best (or least worst) experience, but in the end, I think I'm just not cut out for the hurly-burly of that sort of social media. I'm currently on Reddit, but I post there only rarely, and I've seen firsthand that most precincts of Reddit are woke hellscapes best avoided. At the r/Homeschool subreddit that I frequent, people generally avoid politics and are fairly positive. I don't venture much beyond that subreddit, although I joined the r/Teachers subreddit as well as one devoted to movie reviews. And that, friends, is the extent of my social-media presence these days. I haven't done anything on Substack for a couple months; I'm starting to think that writing there is a waste of time. My blog is my first and best home.
I wish Trump luck with his new venture—another place where he can talk about himself nonstop. Meanwhile, even with Musk promising to improve it, I think Twitter can go to hell. I'm not sure anything can save it at this point.
Loved that response to Reiner. It was exactly what I was thinking as I read his retarded post. The indoctrination of the left never ceases to amaze me.
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